Focus
Super–resolution imaging
- Focus issue:
- July 2009 Volume 3 No 7 pp361-420
Optical imaging beyond the diffraction limit of light is revolutionizing sample analysis in the biological and physical sciences. In this special Focus Issue, a collection of articles are presented, detailing the fundamental physics, the different approaches and the applications where super–resolution imaging can be of help.
Editorial
Beyond the diffraction limit - pp361
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.100
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Commentaries
Subdiffraction resolution in continuous samples pp362 - 364
Rainer Heintzmann & Mats G. L. Gustafsson
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.102
Super-resolution light microscopy methods either localize single molecular labels or treat the sample as a continuous object. The fundamental requirements for super-resolution in the continuum regime are spatially non-uniform illumination and a nonlinear photoresponse.
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Nano–imaging with STORM pp365 - 367
Xiaowei Zhuang
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.101
Multicolour, three-dimensional stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy now makes it possible to image cellular structures with near molecular-scale resolution.
Full text - Nano–imaging with STORM | PDF (470KB) - ONano–imaging with STORM
Interview
Eyes on super-resolution - pp368 - 369
Interview with W. E. Moerner
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.103
Advanced imaging techniques have evolved to see beyond the diffraction limit. W. E. Moerner spoke to Nature Photonics about the techniques involved.
Full text - Eyes on super-resolution | PDF (131KB) - Eyes on super-resolution
Progress Article
Diffraction-unlimited three-dimensional optical nanoscopy with opposing lenses - pp381 - 387
Stefan W. Hell, Roman Schmidt & Alexander Egner
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.112
Abstract | Full text - Diffraction-unlimited three-dimensional optical nanoscopy with opposing lenses | PDF (863KB) - Diffraction-unlimited three-dimensional optical nanoscopy with opposing lenses
Review
Plasmonics for near-field nano-imaging and superlensing - pp388 - 394
Satoshi Kawata, Yasushi Inouye & Prabhat Verma
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2009.111
Abstract - Plasmonics for near-field nano-imaging and superlensing | Full text - Plasmonics for near-field nano-imaging and superlensing | PDF (630KB) - Plasmonics for near-field nano-imaging and superlensing
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